Cannot install packages using node package manager in Ubuntu

NodeJS interpreter name(`node`) on Ubuntu has been renamed to `nodejs` because of a name conflict with another package. Here's what the readme. Debian says: > The upstream name for the Node.js interpreter command is "node". > In Debian the interpreter command has been changed to "nodejs". > > This was done to prevent a namespace collision: other commands use > the same name in their upstream, such as ax25-node from the "node" > package. > > Scripts calling Node.js as a shell command must be changed to instead > use the "nodejs" command. However, using nodejs mucks up installing packages using `npm`. Package installation fails with the following error: > sh: 1: node: not found > npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node" > npm WARN For further explanations, please read /usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian How do I make npm understand that nodejs is already installed on the system but the interpreter name is different?